On The Side: Mr. Chow Checks Into Beach Hotel

CELEBRITY eatery Mr. Chow is expanding to Miami Beach. Insiders tell us the Asian hot spot will serve its pink and green edibles-on-a-stick in the planned W Hotel South Beach.

Michael Chow, who owns eponymous dining outlets in New York, Beverly Hills, Seoul, and London, is about to ink a deal for the 5,000-square-foot dining space in the hotel that will be completed at Collins and 23rd Street in 2007.

A spokeswoman for W Hotels would only say the name of their restaurant tenant has not been officially released.

Chow will further expand his empire in 2007 into Las Vegas, where he’s already signed a lease to open at the Hard Rock hotel.